Episode 22: Black Dragon's Explosive Anger!"
By: Sakaki (Michael Jokoh)
(Black dragon is lying face down in a pile of rubble, and the voice of his mysterious boss echoes' through his head.)
Voice: BLACK DRAGON. YOU ARE A FAILOR, AND A PATHETIC BEING NONE THE LESS.
(Black is silent.)
Voice: YOU ARE NO MORE USE TO ME. YOU MAY SPEND THE REST OF YOUR PATHETIC LIFE AS YOU WISH.
(The voice subsides.)
(Black dragon doesn't move, and thinks about all of his fallen comrades. He thinks about how he failed his mission, and finally how he was embarased by Kuro, after finding out he wasn't evil. Then Black's rage kicks in.)
Black: I AM NOT A PATHETIC BEING! I AM BLACK DRAGON!!!!
(His eyes turn white, and he bursts out of the rubble and flies roaring into the air. Meanwhile our heroes rest relaxfully at the lab.)
Shiro: It's a shame Kurobon didn't want to come.
Kiiro: Well at least now we know he's quite himself again.
Aka: That's right. Thanks to yours truly.
Kiiro: Only I'm aloud to self indulge here Akabon.
(Then the radar picks up something.)
Akira: What could that be?
Ao: I dunno. (Checks it.) Black dragon?
Shiro: You have GOT to be kidding.
Ao: Nope.
(He pulls up an image on screen of Black dragon destroying a building.)
Shiro: Well it's only one of him, so why should we all go?
Aka: Then who will go?
Shiro: We could draw straws.
(Ao finds some straws, and each one of them takes one.)
Ao: Remember. Whoever pulls the longest one has to go fight Black.
(Everyone looks at their straws and after a couple of minutes it reveals Akira to be the loser.)
Akira(Sarcastically.): Oh no now I have to go fight Black all alone.
(Everyone laughs.)
Shiro: Go out there and teach him not to show his scaly face around here anymore.
(Akira nods and then jumps down a Shute which takes him to the hangar.)
Akira: Lets go Dragonblade!
(He gets in the bot and flies away.)
Aka: I hope he can pull it off.
Kiiro: Ahh Black dragon by himself should be a pushover.
(Akira arrives on the scene and addresses Black.)
Akira: Hey you! Stop right there!
(Black turns around for a second, and then resumes.)
Akira: HEY!!
(Black turns around again, and looks at Akira. Then he lunges at him, and Akira flips him on his side.)
Akira: Let's finish this.
(He prepares to fire when Black trips his robot up with his tail.)
Akira: Wahh!
(The robot hits the ground and Black moves in.)
Ao: Akirabon! You have to be more careful!
Akira: I'm not worried! The good guy never dies!
Shiro: Umm actually in Cowboy bebop, the main character dies.
Akira: Thanks for boosting my confidence...
(Black prepares to breathe fire when Akira strikes with his sword leaving a scar, and then he gets up.)
Akira: All right now to teach you a lesson!
(He swings over and over with his sword, and black avoids each swing. Then Akira switches to firing at Black. Black is hit by the rapid fire, and Akira takes this chance to hit him with the blunt end of the sword.)
Shiro: Atta boy!! You got him on the ropes!!
(Akira moves in to try again at finishing the large lizard, when Black aims a huge fireball at a building.)
Akira: Hey!!
(Akira is prepared to dive when he notices Black leaving.)
Akira: What...what do I do?
Shiro: Go for the building! Black can be handled later!
(Akira glares at Black and then goes to the building to stop the fireball.)
Kiiro: He lost? Is Black that powerful?
Ao: No. Something is different about Black dragon...
(Meanwhile at Master professor bons old lab, Kuro has returned to make himself at home.)
Kuro: I thought I would never see this place again.
(He sees on the floor a picture of Jack and himself happily-playing baseball when they were just b-da boys.)
Kuro: How I wish things could be that simple again.
(Then Kuro hears a crash.)
Kuro- What the?
(Kuro goes outside to see Black staring down at him.)
Kuro: Black dragon?
(Black fires a huge fireball at Kuro, and the black b-daman dives out of the way.)
Kuro: Black! I don't know what has gotten into you�
(Then he goes inside and gets the Black devastator.)
Kuro: But if a fight is what you want, a fight is what you'll get.
(Black gets a look of anticipation, and Kuro fires at him. Black hits this back with his tail, and fires a "Flaming death attack back." Kuro dives out of the way and uppercuts Black. Black then headbutts the Black devastator, and throws it down. On the way to the ground Kuro fires some shots of his own that blow Black out of the air. Then the two of them get up and prepare to fight over the old lab, but just as they are about to clash a voice rings out.)
Voice: STOP!
(They both turn, to see the narrator b-da on the roof.)
Narrator b-da: Kurobon! Would your grandfather approve of you destroying his lab in this fight?
Kuro: I�i� guess not.
Narrator b-da: I thought you had better manners than that. Shame on you.
(Kuro looks around for Black who has left.)
Kuro: Odd.
(Meanwhile the other heroes of the series are contemplating about Black dragon actions.)
Akira: So any new revelations?
Aka: Black fought more well angrily then usual.
Ao: I can agree with that. It seems like he was fighting out of raw anger.
Shiro: Did you see his eyes?! They were white! Freeeeeeeeaaaaaaakkkkkkkyyyyyy�
Akira: Something tells me were gonna need a plan.
Shiro(To Ao): Hey Aobon what about plan "Brute strength?"
Ao: Well that is drastic, But what choice do we have?
Kiiro: Brute strength huh? I dunno if I'm up to it anymore.
Akira: Brute Strength? What are you talking about?
Ao: All will be explained. If we're gonna do this we need to find him.
Shiro: Lets go then. Oh and Akirabon you should come too.
Akira: Okay, But what is Brute strength?
(Shiro nods at Aka, who nods back.)
Shiro: Lets go guys!
Kiiro&Ao: Okay!
Akira: WHAT IS BRUTE STRENGTH?!?!
(Meanwhile, at the forest in b-da land, the animals are having another routine day when Black dragon lands and begins to wreak havoc. The animals run in fear, as Kazemaru bumps into Pi-po since they both go to the forest once in a while. They begin to converstate about the sudden threat.)
(This is translated, since none of you understand pet-speak.)
Kazemaru: Pi-po what is going on here?
Pi-po: I dunno, it seems like that dragon that our friends fight has come here.
Kazemaru: I can see that but why?
(Pi-po shrugs.)
Kazemaru: I guess I'd better call that moron Shirobon here before we have no home to go to.
(Kazemaru then flies in the air and lets off a long squawk. Then in minutes the White Blose, Yellow Crusher, Blue Braver and Dragonblade appear.)
Shiro: Kazemaru what is it?
(Kazemaru and Pi-po point to where Black should have been, but now he is gone.)
Akira: I don't get it. What do they want?
(Then Kazemaru imitates Black and stomps around making pretend growling noises. Then he points around in a circle and then breathes imaginary fire.)
Shiro: Oh okay.
Ao: You understand that?
Shiro: He's MY bird. Of course I do. Kazemaru said that Black dragon was here, and he was destroying everything. Then as soon as he arrived, he left.
Kiiro: Ask them if they know where he is.
Shiro: Hey Kazemaru, where is he now?
(Pi-po and Kazemaru shrug.)
Akira: Where do we go now?
Ao: It seems Black is attacking in a pattern.
Kiiro: What kind of odd pattern would that be?
Ao: Everywhere we fought, he's been.
Shiro: The city..
Kiiro: The jungle..
Akira: The outskirts!
Ao: Then next should be the mountains.
Shiro: Cool. We should call Akabon to come help clean up this mess.
(Ao nods and dials on his robot phone.)
Dr.Grey: Who is this?
Ao: Me grandpa.
Dr.Grey: Aobon this is for emergencies!
Ao: This is an emergency! The forest is on fire! And we'd take care of it, but Black dragon is on a rampage.
Dr.Grey: That is important. Okay, I'll send Akabon right away.
Ao: Thank you.
(He hangs up.)
Shiro: Kazemaru, make sure to help Akabon.
(Kazemaru nods, and the four get into their bots and fly towards the mountains. Just as Ao said Black is there trying to destroy it.)
Akira: Whats our game plan?
Ao: Quite simply, you keep him busy while we initiate Brute Strength.
Akira: Fine. Just as long as when you're finished you tell me what that is..
(He flies off and, Shiro, Ao, and Kiiro get in a circle with their bots.)
Ao: Okay guys lets do this without killing each other okay?
Shiro: I dunno, I'm kinda rusty now.
Kiiro: Yeah, well just leave me alive.
(Meanwhile Akira strikes Black with his sword.)
Akira: Hello!
(Black growls and hits Akira.)
Akira: WAH!
(The Dragonblade falls over.)
Akira: This is SO bad�
(Black hits Dragonblade with punch after punch.)
Shiro: Looks like we'd better hurry.
Ao: At the count of three! One..Two..Three!!
Kiiro: Yellow Crusher!
(He fires a shot.)
Ao: Blue Braver!
(He fires a shot.)
Shiro: White Blose!
(He fires a shot, and the three collide and explode. The explosion expands and engulfs all three robots, and then turns into a burst of light.)
Akira: What are they doing?!
(Black stops and stares. The light subsides, and now in the place of three robots stands one. It is a combination of the White blose, Yellow crusher, and Blue braver.)
Shiro,Kiiro&Ao: SAINT BLASTER!
(Black smiles and lunges at the bot. The Blaster smoothly tosses him aside.)
Akira: So fast..
(Then it smacks him downward, then appears underneath and smacks him upward.)
Akira: Nice moves.
(Then finaly it's B-da glows and it prepares to release a shot, in the cockpit all three pilots b-da's glow too.)
All: FINAL PUNISHMENT B-DA STRIKE!!
(A huge b-da beam of energy flies at Black and soon it consumes him. The dragon can only scream as he is blown out of existence. The beam flies up in the air and explodes.)
Akira: Is that it?
(Then the Blaster sets down on the ground, and becomes three robots again.)
Shiro: Whoa. We did it.
Akira: WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU COULD DO THAT SOONER?!!
Ao: I dunno.
Akira: If you could do that all the time, why didn't you just beat the dragons that way?
Shiro: Because, that is a last resort. It's very dangerous, and not always a good idea. I mean, if one of us fires to early or too late...
Ao: He'd be destroyed, and we'd be left wide open.
Akira: Oh I see. Well that's the end of Black, and all of our troubles right?
Shiro: I don't think so. We've still got that super being to deal with.
Kiiro: And my b-da intuition tells me that, he's coming soon.
(The wind begins to blow and Akira looks up.)
Akira: Whom ever whatever he is. I'm ready for him.
(The clouds gently waft by, and four clouds who look remarkably like the dragons, and that have been hanging around the b-da land sky gently waft away and dissolve.)
-To be continued...-